Booksui vs Pic-Time
A Booksui alternative to Pic-Time
Pic-Time is a gallery and sales product with marketing built around it. Booksui is the studio: inquiry, contract, deposit, job, and then a gallery — with print and album offers — inside the same job, so the client’s whole story lives on one page.
Pic-Time is known for client galleries with a strong store and marketing automations for photographers. The table below sets Booksui’s own features next to that, in plain terms.
| Topic | Booksui | Pic-Time |
|---|---|---|
| Starts from | The inquiry and the job. | The gallery and the store. |
| Client galleries | Built in — proofing, favorites, downloads, print and album offers, and search by what is in the photo. Delivery is part of the same job record as the contract and the invoice. | Its core, with store automations. |
| The inquiry | A shared inbox where a website inquiry, its email replies, texts and private team notes sit on one thread next to the event details, and replies to what you send come back to the same conversation. | Not the focus; paired with a CRM. |
| Job pipeline | Phase checklists written for the trade you pick — a photographer’s culling and album phases, a videographer’s edit and revision rounds, a DJ’s music planning, a coordinator’s day-of timeline. | Not the focus. |
| Payments | Through your own Stripe account. Deposits, balances and print sales land in your Stripe, on Stripe’s terms, and Booksui never holds the money. | Through their store payment options. |
| AI | Optional drafts you read before anything sends: a first reply to an inquiry written from your calendar and price list, contract review notes, and gallery search. Nothing emails a client on its own. | Varies; check their current offering. |
| Price | Starter is free with no card (3 galleries, 1 booking page, 10 active inquiries). Pro $29/mo, Studio $59/mo, Agency $99/mo. 30-day refund on your first paid month. | Set by Pic-Time and changed by Pic-Time; their current pricing page is the only honest source, so this page does not quote it. |
Who switches, and why
- Photographers on Pic-Time plus a CRM who want one record per client.
- Studios that want booking handled as carefully as delivery.
- Anyone who wants replies to land in the same thread as the inquiry.
What you keep
- Your existing galleries — imported as links per client.
- Your print products and prices.
- Your delivery habits.
What changes
- New deliveries from Booksui, inside the job.
- A real inbox for inquiries.
- Payouts to your own Stripe.
How the move happens
- 1Export clients and galleries from Pic-Time.
- 2Import → Gallery platform → Pic-Time.
- 3Enter products and prices; connect Stripe.
- 4Deliver the next job from Booksui.
Importing
Galleries do not need to move on day one. The import wizard reads the client and collection exports from Pixieset, Pic-Time and ShootProof so every past client exists in Booksui with a link to their existing gallery; new deliveries are built in Booksui from then on.
When Pic-Time is the better choice
If your revenue leans on store automations and upsells around delivery, Pic-Time’s store is its specialty; Booksui’s gallery sales are simpler and pay through your own Stripe.
Questions
- Can I import from Pic-Time?
- Yes — Import → Gallery platform reads Pic-Time client and gallery exports; each client arrives with a link to their gallery.
- Does Booksui replace Pic-Time and my CRM?
- Yes: booking, contracts, invoices, inbox and galleries are one product and one client record.
- Does Booksui have store automations?
- Gallery offers (prints, albums) are built in; marketing sequences exist and are opt-in per studio. It is simpler than a dedicated store product.
- Is there a free plan?
- Yes, no card required; limits are on the pricing page.
Pic-Time’s pricing and feature set are set by Pic-Time, change over time, and are worth checking on their own site — this page reflects Booksui’s own features accurately and describes Pic-Time in general, well-known terms rather than a line-by-line audit of their current product.